1. Who invented the telephone? (a) Thomas Alva Edison (b) Galileo (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) G. Marconi Answer: (c) 2. Who invented the railway engine? (a) Charles Babbage (b) Isaac Newton (c) James Watt (d) George Stephenson Answer: (d) 3. Who invented Radar? (a) Henrey Becquerel (b) Max Planck (c) Robert Watson Watt (d) Humphrey Davy Answer: (c) 4. Who invented polio vaccine (oral)? (a) Albert Sabin (b) Burkholder (c) Luise Pasture (d) Jonas Salk Answer:
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conversation about GE is complete without discussion two of its most prolific leaders‚ Thomas Edison and Jack Welch. Each of these leaders left their mark on GE‚ American Capitalism and the world. The Wizard of Menlo Park Thomas Edison was the most influential innovator and businessperson of America’s second generation. Born in 1847‚ just 71 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed Mr. Edison left his mark on history. While he is most famous for the electric light bulb‚ it
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English 101 October 3‚ 2013 All Changes Are For The Better Thomas Edison once said‚ “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” It is a valuable saying and imparts great wisdom. People do not see a chance to succeed because it looks like tiresome work. In other words‚ a person prefers bright and shiny conditions for achieving a goal‚ and in most cases overlooks a really good opportunity. When I think about it‚ it reminds me of a time in my life
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out-of-the box approaches. However‚ ironically‚ some of the most successful people‚ both in the past and the present are those who had little formal education and who did not confirm to its structured and one-dimensional learning approach. Thomas Alva Edison‚ who has more than a hundred inventions to his credit‚ had dropped out of school in his early years. He did not certainly have a full fledged formal education but learnt a lot of things on his own through experimentation and by trying out things
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that undermines Health and Happiness‚ to reveal to people how to live healthy yet happy lives. The authors did an adequate job of revealing to their audience how sleep is an important aspect to our happiness. They are able to do this by connecting Thomas Edison’s invention of the light bulb to the lack of sleep that people are getting. The authors prove that that the creation of artificial light has changed the way people live out their daily lives. Light now determines what time we go to bed‚ the
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changing inventions. With proper funding and support‚ we can only speculate how many more theories he would have successfully tested. The Amazing Nikola Tesla Technology has exponentially advanced over the last 200 years. Albert Einstein‚ Thomas Edison‚ and Isaac Newton are all famous names in scientific
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Savannah Noss Period 1 3/2/13 APUSH Robber Barons‚ a term used in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s to describe a businessman who made an enormous amount of money‚ today we would call them billionaires. It was not really the fact they made a myriad of wealth‚ it was more the way they made it. In all the cases the acquiring of wealth was done in what was considered a ruthless manor and unscrupulous ways. A robber baron was more interested in acquiring wealth than the safety of his employees
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defeating the barriers and obstacles on his way until the winning pole. Achiever is a person who strives and reaches for success despite the horrible and demeaning situations in life. For example Lord Buddha. Albert Ensteine‚ John Milton and Thomas Edison‚ can be taken as characters who made there achievements with a strong determination.They not only worked for there own self satisfaction but also they enlighten the world with their work. Why should we be achievers? As human beings we are blessed
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how it got this way today * Body History of GE From the start the same question has been asked “Why predict the future when you can change it” In 1890 Thomas Edison established the Edison General Electric Company by bringing his various businesses together. During this period a major competitor arose called Thomas-Houston company Thomas- Houston Company was a dominant electrical innovation company created from different mergers In 1892 the companies merged creating the General Electric Company
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Suzana Milic Thomas Edison V. Nikola Tesla 26 March 2013 Nikola Tesla was born on 10 July 1856‚ in Smiljan‚ now Croatia. He was the son of an Orthodox priest. In history‚ he will be remembered as a scientist who is openly opposed to the then unquestioned scientific authority to Thomas Edison. Tesla insisted on converting DC into AC‚ which even the great scientist Edison‚ did not have in his head. At the very beginning‚ Edison was Tesla’s idol and worked with him for a time as an assistant. He
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